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Yeah, it's amazing to me that we spend all of our time working to live separately, and saving so that we can spend a few days a year with those that we love, and that feed our spirits.... Weird, right? When it costs a small fortune to feed and house two people, but very little to house those that come after, and despite what most people tell themselves, no one really likes to be alone. And I agree, it would be amazing for the kids, as it was for me. From 7y/o to 9 or so we lived on the commune, and look how awesome I turned out! But there are a lot of political/emotional/legal points to ponder in the meantime...but doesn't a hotel sound like it would be awesome for this kind of a project? Private bed and bath with communal work, meals and entertainment? And no worries about pranks...I think that living quarters need to be sacred except for the cleaning folks...Though I may shave your Beiber hair if you fall asleep on the couch...

All seizures are not created equal, right? Perhaps they didn't have Grand Mal seizures but focals? Or not true brain storm seizures at all but were investigating seizures of another origin? Not sure.... Even Grand Mal seizures vary in intensity and duration...Could it have been from that point of view? Less aggressive, short duration history still under investigation?

Heh, yeah, no punch, no charismatic leader, no religious center, though charisma, religion, and punch are welcome at non toxic levels... You'd be welcome Brother... Dwayne

Yeah, so, this is going to sound dumber than most of my usual crap...but one of my pipe dreams for the near future is to start a commune. Or, as Babs says that has to many negative associations, a colony. My hope is to buy an old hotel where a bunch of us like minded people, (and I know there are many of you here!) can live and work, and pass our lives together instead of separately. I've, in the past, read most of the standard communal fare, the faux Walden Two starts, Twin Oaks, and such, but want to have a progressive colony, not regressive/back to the land type hippie thing. While growing up we once lived on a Hell's Angels commune for a couple of years, and it is undoubtably the finest time of my life. And having worked in Afg only reinfoced the idea that communal living, even in that environment can be happy, joyful, and fulfilling. Dust (Rob) and I talked about this a long time ago, playing with it as a mental exercise, and he suggested some philisophical/psycological reading on the subject which I found interesting, but only explored online and didn't actually purchase more in depth materials...so that's what I'm looking for now. If any of you have stumbled across such things, or have mad Google skills (I primise you that the first 30 things that pop up in a quick search have been well reviewed by me), or have ideas, intuitions, solid factual info on such subjects, ect, I'd be grateful for them.... (DFIB, this sounds right up your alley, doesn't it Brother?) I figured that asking here was a long shot, and those that think I'm a shithead should feel free to fire away at my insanity...but also thought that it was worth a try...perhaps we might even start up a dialog. Babs has asked me to make a two year plan to stop flying away from my family...and, believe it or not, this is it.... Thanks all for any help that you can provide or any conversation that you can offer! I'll be traveling for the next several day so may be off and on, so please don't believe me disinterested should I not respond to posts right away... Dwayne

Are there even 50 kinds of commercial narcs on the planet? Mike, it's a terribly valuable, yet all to uncommon trait to be able to say, "Oooops, I may have stepped on my weenie...let me check..My bad for speaking out of turn." The above post is perhaps the most important in this thread. And yeah...either you misunderstood, or your buddy is jerking your chain...I don't think any hospitals carry half that many narcs/benzos combined....but, I'd have to check to be sure. :-) Dwayne

Thanks for the idea DFIB, but these sites are run by oil companies...no way anyone is going to let me near their routers. That would be the simple solution, and a good one! But just ain't gonna happen... A repeater is a good idea, though I'll have to see the layout before knowing how feasable it would be...

Hey! I leave tomorrow for me new gig in PNG, and while speaking with my back to back there (The medic that works the oposite schedule from me) was told that at the main camp there is wifi, but in quarters there is a tiny little spot in the room that can recieve a really weak signal. I was wondering if anyone has had any use for such a thing and what kind of luck you had with it? Home made or commercial. On the oil spill I had a cell phone amplifier that was friggin' awesome! It took my phone from 0-1 bars to 5 strong bars...I was thinking that it seems that there should be something like that for wifi? Surely kids stealing wireless have a solution? I've seen the Pringle can setups and such...I've just not left myself any time to experiment... Thanks for any help that you can provide. Dwayne

Hey all, I'm recerting my NR this year and am looking at doing it via retaking the NR. Has anyone done this? The NR site kind of makes it appear that the test and a Med Dir to sign off on your skills is really all that you need, but there are parts that are not very clear. I've not really researched it or called them as I just started thinking of doing it this way. I've got a bunch of CEUs, though might need a few more, but I'm not really worried about that... I was just curious how anyone else found the experience... Dwayne

Yeti was looking particularly bloated that trip, now that you mention it....

Though I'm no expert on ascites, I just can't see that here. Man, what would that weigh, that volume of fluid? Also, this guys color and other appearance seems to be pretty 'normal' other than the obvious. Tanned arms and face as if he works outside. I don't see him showing any obvious signs any of the severe issues that would cause such a symptom. I've treated some patients with ascites that were pretty severe, though non near this guys size, and none of them looked very happy, or healthy. They were almost always sick with electrolyte shifts at least, and a laundry list of end stage conditions at worst, and each of them was unable to eat or drink until after the fluid was reduced as the fluid volume had flattened their GI tract to the point where digestion was no longer possible. Interesting idea, and I'm certainly not criticizing those with that opinion, but offering a counterpoint from my experience instead. Dwayne

Wait...who are you again? It seems I remember someone with an Ugly screen name....trying....to....remember! Nope....got nothing.... Dwayne Good on you Brother...You just come back to brag, or you ready to get back to work??

I hate to say, "I told you so" all, but, well, there you have it. Not only is s/he a child, and not here for the reasons stated, but certainly not a journalist either, based on sentence structure, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. See "Seth" a professional, or someone truly doing what you claimed to be doing would have been mature enough to understand the questions. You didn't even end up in the right ballpark. I lobbed you a pop fly, and instead of snatching it out of the air and making a play, which would have earned you the respect that you needed here to accomplish your bullshit project, you let it hit you right in the forehead. You and your whacker buddies, vollies without the balls to even go to EMT school I'm guessing, go ahead and work on your site that you'll try to sell to other wackers like yourselves...Perhaps you'll earn enough to move out of mom's house...Though it's unlikely. Uh Oh!....It turns out that you're not as sneaky as you thought! Who'da Thunk it? Good day. Dwayne

I've run across this picture a few times, and each time I've wondered what we would see if we cut that ridiculous belly open... What would this autopsy look like? Album: Dwayne Stuff Uploaded 11 Jan 2012 - 15:10 Is that all fat? Localized in that way? Enlarged or occluded intestinges? Is this guy a genetic anamaly or could we all look like that within a specific set of circumstances? Something else that hasn't occured to me? Just curious what we'd find.... (Yeah, I know, I'm supposed to be packing, but this is important!!) Dwayne

Nice! Can you pm me your phone number? Or can I contact you here or via email? Dwayne

Thanks all!

Yeah man, very flippant, and I'm sure you feel clever as well, but no attempt to address the points made? And it's not one post, but many. Smellier and smellier.... Dwayne

And are taller than that little dog that holds up his paw saying, "You must be taller than me to ride....." I know how he haunts you... Just trying to help you avoid wasting the trip Brother... :-) Dwayne

Seth, no offense man, but I have to tell you that this has a really bad aroma... A man that wants to be an EMT, but decided not to, but now has so much passion for EMS, something he's no understanding of, that he's willing to spend hundreds, or likely, thousands of hours creating an all inclusive page for EMS wannabes? For free? Without competing with this site? Yet is unwilling to take a 144hr college course to see what it's all about? You seem like a nice guy, but brother, you're either full of shit, and that's what I smell, or an Uber whacker, which has more or less the same smell, and both of those things are less than good, and likely bad, for EMS. Or, not being a kid any more, I might have shat my own pants and that's what's tormenting me so...(But, after peeking, I'm going with door number one or two.) So, if you've got a family, or even a girl friend, I'm calling bullshit on the "I'm doing it for the good of EMS and all of mankind!" schtick. If you wanted to be good for EMS you'd go to school, get your college level Basic, so that you could at least know bullshit from rump roast when speaking about EMS. You haven't recently started several EMS Facebook pages and posted their addresses here under a different user name have you?? Dwayne

Welcome man....Good to have you.. Dwayne

Yeppers...sounds like a douche, if the reported statements are acurate. See you when you flip my burger at Burger King asshat. I would consider it a good day to have some lunch and pound his nuts with a ball peen hammer until I was done...(No CM! This isn't and S&M fantasy dang it.....) I was so hoping that this was going to be a hosemonkey... :-) I do find it interesting that she was counscious for 30 seconds out of the entire ride and remembers this. Sounds like she was bulllshitting the entire time and he fell for it. If so, double bad on him for not being better at assessments and good riddence to bad rubbish. Dwayne

Will do Brother. I was actually hoping that you could come by! Though we butt heads now and again, I have a feeling that we'd get along fine...

Hey all, I got a job with International SOS in PNG (Papua New Guinea) and am going to Sydney Australia for orientation. I'll fly from CO, USA on Friday (my time) it looks like, and I believe will be there Sunday, Aussie time(?), for orientation to begin on Monday. I don't have any real idea what the orientation consists of but a couple of other medics that I spoke too said that it's several hours each day with lots of time left over in the evening... I was hoping that maybe some of the City folks would be near and, if I can find an Aussie/English translator, that maybe we could say G'day Mate before it's time for me to get among'st it?? (Yeah, screw you, that's all the Aussie that I speak, more or less) I've got some other Aussie brothers and sisters too, but as we all do much similar work am not sure if they will be there or now. Anyway, if you can, and would like to, I'd love the opportunity to do a few shots and try and teach you how o drink like a real man... Or, a cup of coffee, either is fine... Dwayne

Yeah, well, I like to think of him a The Little Commander...as at times his manners can be less than gentlemanly. But also, because nukes and other weapons of mass destruction will certainly be employed before anyone pokes Him and/or the Boys with pins and/or needles.... Just sayin'... Dwayne

I think the point they're trying to make is that without knowing what it is that you're trying to accomplish it's really difficult to try and get you the information that you need. There is certainly enough information that would convince someone outside of the profession that you've learned everything, but would be very difficult to convince someone within of the same thing. Good luck Brother... Dwayne

I don't believe that he can, as the paper quoted the police dept and are not making accusations of their own. I mean, of course they are, simply by the lopsided way that the story is reported, but I don't see how you can hold them to it... Dwayne